Instructor: Rick Branscomb
email: ebranscomb@mac.com
phone: 978-542-6142
AIM: ebranscomb
Skype: RickBransc
campus office: MH 104
Office Hours: T 9:50 - 10:50 and 3:00 - 4:00; Th 9:50 - 10:50 and 1:00 - 3:00 Catalog Description:
An examination of how the new electronic media enabled by personal computers (e.g., graphical interfaces, desktop publishing, email, hypertext and hypermedia, MUDs and MOOs, the World Wide Web) differ from traditional print media in their approaches to discourse and meaning. Students will examine and analyze as many manifestations of electronic media as possible, read and interpret major research studies, and conduct individual research projects. Course Goals:
to provide students with an understanding of the theory and practice of electronic discourse
to illustrate rhetorical concepts in the context of electronic discourse
to demonstrate how the conventions of electronic discourse differ from those of print discourse
to enable students to compose effective electronic discourse
Objectives:
Students will be able to use a variety of resources for composing electronic discourse
Students will be familiar with the different modes of electronic discourse
Students will understand the role of community in the production of electronic discourse
Students will be able to critically analyze electronic discourse
Students will be able to compose a variety of documents using the principles of effective electronic communication
Course Requirements:
2 Papers (10%)
7-10 minute Podcast (10%)
Slideshow (Keynote or PowerPoint) (20%)
YouTube Video (20%)
2 blog postings per week (Sunday - Saturday) and 2 Discussion Board postings per week (Sunday - Saturday), on different days (20%)
1 major website (10 nodes minimum) (10%)
1 Final Exam in Blackboard, due noon, December 16 (10%)
===ENG 830 Studies in Electronic Rhetoric===
Fall 2011
Instructor: Rick Branscomb
email: ebranscomb@mac.com
phone: 978-542-6142
AIM: ebranscomb
Skype: RickBransc
campus office: MH 104
Office Hours: T 9:50 - 10:50 and 3:00 - 4:00; Th 9:50 - 10:50 and 1:00 - 3:00
Catalog Description:
An examination of how the new electronic media enabled by personal computers (e.g., graphical interfaces, desktop publishing, email, hypertext and hypermedia, MUDs and MOOs, the World Wide Web) differ from traditional print media in their approaches to discourse and meaning. Students will examine and analyze as many manifestations of electronic media as possible, read and interpret major research studies, and conduct individual research projects.
Course Goals:
- to provide students with an understanding of the theory and practice of electronic discourse
- to illustrate rhetorical concepts in the context of electronic discourse
- to demonstrate how the conventions of electronic discourse differ from those of print discourse
- to enable students to compose effective electronic discourse
Objectives:- Students will be able to use a variety of resources for composing electronic discourse
- Students will be familiar with the different modes of electronic discourse
- Students will understand the role of community in the production of electronic discourse
- Students will be able to critically analyze electronic discourse
- Students will be able to compose a variety of documents using the principles of effective electronic communication
Course Requirements: